Gourd 'Apple'

Sowing method: March - May indoors. Transplant: April in the greenhouse or late May outdoors. This white-flowered cucurbit likes a warm summer and therefore grows well in the greenhouse. But then, due to night flowering, open windows and doors! Outdoor cultivation usually succeeds well, but let the plants climb! When well ripened, it can be stored for several months, and after drying, even indefinitely.

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Sowing/planting time:

• March
• April
• May

Harvesting time:

• August
• September
• October

Soil type:

• All soil types

Cultivation location:

• Indoors
• Greenhouse
• Outdoors warm / sheltered

Position:

• Sun

• Flower colour: White
• Origin: Tropical Africa
• Average growth height: More than 200 cm
• Annual or perennial: Annual
• Attractive to insects: N/A
• Winter hardy: Not frost hardy
• Ease of cultivation: Moderate

• Latin: Lagenaria siceraria
• Dutch: Calabash
• Also known as: Lagenaria
• English: Bottle-Gourd, Creools: Poe, Hindoest.: Lauki

• All year round